Published April 26, 2021, 5:39 PM Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. has filed a bill seeking to amend the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 and make the government’s inoculation program against the coronavirus disease mandatory for individuals as “may be determined” by the Department of Health (DOH). **media[3043]** In filing House Bill No. 9252, Barzaga said a mass COVID-19 vaccination program can only be successfully achieved by “enacting a legislation to mandate and promote COVID-19 vaccination, address vaccine hesitancy and instill public confidence in the personal, family and community benefits of immunization.” “It will be tragic if we have safe and effective vaccines available but people refuse to take them,” Barzaga said in the explanatory note of the bill.